Bureau of Economic Analysis Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

Kansas economy falling behind by staying in the same place 0
- Tax & Spending
- March 13, 2023
The Red Queen Hypothesis is a theory in evolutionary biology that species must continuously evolve to compete in their environments and not go extinct. This philosophy can also be applied to the economies of states and countries: those that do not reform to stay competitive will lose residents and opportunities to other states. Recently released
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2023 Green Book: Kansas stagnates while others grow 0
- Tax & Spending
- March 6, 2023
At the end of 2022, 30 states across the country had fully recovered to their level of private-sector jobs prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kansas was in the minority that failed to do so. While the state continues to doll our hundreds of millions of dollars in megasubsidies to huge corporations, the Sunflower State continues
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Excess tax collections are not good for taxpayers 0
- Tax & Spending
- August 4, 2022
Governor Laura Kelly is heralding tax collections exceeding expectations as a sign of “forward momentum” in the state’s economy, but that is a government-focused viewpoint. The economic data tells a different story for taxpayers. In July 2022, the state of Kansas took in a total tax revenue of $586.2 million, 27.8% greater than the estimates
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March 2022 Kansas Job Stagnation 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 15, 2022
The March Labor Report from the Kansas Department of Labor shows Kansas lost 1,800 private-sector jobs and continues its post-COVID-10 stagnation. This represents a monthly job growth rate of -0.2%, which is the first month of negative growth since September 2021. At the same growth rate that Kansas has experienced since the start of 2021,
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